1962 in comics
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Publications
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January
- January 3: Suat Yalaz's Karaoğlan makes its debut. [1]
- January 15: René Goscinny and Jean Tabary's Iznogoud makes its debut. [2] Originally the caliph Haroun El Poussah is the title character, but Iznogoud soon becomes so popular that the series is renamed after him. [3]
- January 20: The first issue of the British magazine Look and Learn is published. It will run until 1982. [4]
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #8 – Marvel Comics
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #2 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of the Skrulls
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #76 - Marvel Comics
- Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #102 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #92 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #25 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #27 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Henry "Hank" Pym
February
- February 8: Jean Roba's La Ribambelle debuts in Spirou. [5]
- Aquaman #1 — DC Comics
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #9 - Marvel Comics
- Help! vol. 2, #1 — Warren Publishing
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #77 - Marvel Comics
- Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #26 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #93 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #26 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #28 - Marvel Comics
March
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #10 - Marvel Comics
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #3 - Marvel Comics
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #78 - Marvel Comics
- Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #103 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #94 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #27 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #29 - Marvel Comics
April
- The final issue of the American comics magazine The Funnies is published. [6]
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #11 - Marvel Comics
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #79 - Marvel Comics
- Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #27 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #95 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #28 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #30 - Marvel Comics
May
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #12 - Marvel Comics
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #4 - Marvel Comics
- The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #1 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of the Hulk, Thunderbolt Ross, Betty Ross, and Rick Jones
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #80 - Marvel Comics
- Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #104 - Marvel Comics
- The Lone Ranger (1948 series), with issue #145, cancelled by Dell Comics
- Strange Adventures #140, "The Strange Adventure That Really Happened," featuring DC Comics staff members Julius Schwartz and Sid Greene struggling to make writer Gardner Fox recall a story he has written that holds the key to saving the Earth from alien invasion.
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #96 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #29 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #31 - Marvel Comics
June
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #13 - Marvel Comics
- Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #28 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #97 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #30 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #32 - Marvel Comics
July
- July 20: Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia's prologue story Ezra Winston el anticuario is first published and features the debut of Ezra Winston.
- The final episode of Don Freeman and Jack Monk's Buck Ryan is published. [7]
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #14 - Marvel Comics
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #5 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Doctor Doom
- The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #2 - Marvel Comics
- Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #105 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #98 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #31 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #33 - Marvel Comics
- With issue #131 (July/August cover date), Dell Comics cancels Tarzan.
August
- August 17: Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia's Mort Cinder makes its debut. [8]
- The final issue of Classics Illustrated Junior is published.
- Amazing Fantasy (1961 series) #15 renamed from Amazing Adult Fantasy - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Spider-Man
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #83 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Thor
- Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #29 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #99 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #32 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #34 - Marvel Comics
September
- September 5: The first issue of the Flemish comics magazine Pats is published. It's a weekly children's supplement of the newspapers Het Nieuwsblad, De Standaard, Het Handelsblad, De Gentenaar and De Landwacht. It will run until 27 February 1974, after which it changes its name to the Patskrant.
- September 15: The final issue of the British comics magazine Film Fun is published, which merges with Buster.
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #6 - Marvel Comics
- The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #3 - Marvel Comics
- First modern appearance of The Ringmaster & his Circus of Crime
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #84 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Jane Foster
- Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #106 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #100 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales Annual (1962 series) #1 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #33 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #35 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Ant-Man
October
- October 6: The first issue of the British comics magazine Valiant is published. It will run until 16 October 1976. [9]
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #7 - Marvel Comics
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #85 - Marvel Comics
- Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder makes its debut in Playboy.
- Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #30 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #101 - Marvel Comics
- First solo Human Torch (Johnny Storm) feature
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #34 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #36 - Marvel Comics
November
- November 1: The first issue of Angela and Luciana Giussani's Diabolik is published.[10]
- November 22: The Suske en Wiske story Het Rijmende Paard by Willy Vandersteen is first published in the newspapers. Halfway the story the series' nemesis Krimson makes his debut. [11]
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #8 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Puppet Master
- The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #4 - Marvel Comics
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #86 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Zarrko the Tomorrow Man
- Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #107 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #102 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of the Wizard
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #35 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #37 - Marvel Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #60 - Marvel Comics
- With issue #132, Gold Key Comics begins publishing Tarzan, which it acquired from Dell Comics.
December
- December 20: The first episode of Hubuc and Jacques Devos' Victor Sébastopol is published in Spirou. [12]
- December 29: The final episode of Al Capp and Bob Lubbers 's Long Sam is published. [13]
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) #9 - Marvel Comics
- Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #87 - Marvel Comics
- Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #31 - Marvel Comics
- Strange Tales (1951 series) #103 - Marvel Comics
- Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #36 - Marvel Comics
- Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #38 - Marvel Comics
- First appearance of Egghead (Marvel Comics)
Deaths
February
- February 12: Ding Darling, American cartoonist and comics artist (Taking the Day's Work Home to Be Free From Interruptions, We Could Live Just as Cheaply as Our Fathers, The Great American Sucker, The Musical Career of Tillie Clapsaddle), dies at age 85. [14]
- February 14: James Crighton, Scottish comics artist (Korky the Cat), passes away at age 70. [15]
March
- March 2: J.F. Horrabin, British comics artist (Japhet and Happy, Dot and Carrie), cartoonist and writer, dies at age 77. [16]
April
- April 25: Billy Cam, American comics artist (Camouflages), dies at age 70. [17]
May
- May 12: Dick Calkins, American comics artist (Buck Rogers), dies at age 67. [18]
- May 22: John H. Striebel, American comics artist (Dixie Dugan), dies at age 79. [19]
- May 24: Vic Forsythe, American comics artist (Joe Jinks), dies at age 76. [20]
August
- August 5: John Willie, British photographer and comics artist (Sweet Gwendoline), dies at age 59. [21]
September
- September 26: George Carlson (Jingle Jangle Comics), American comics artist, dies at age 84 or 85. [22]
November
- November 2: Kurt Ludwig Schmidt, aka Becker-Kasch, German comics artist (Tim und Tobby, Mischa im Weltraum, Die Löwe Adolar, Rolf Kauka comics), dies at age 53. [23]
- November 17: Albéric Bourgeois, Canadian comics artist (Les Aventures de Timothée, Les Aventures de Toinon, Les Fables du Parc Lafontaine, continued Le Père Ladébauche), passes away at age 86. [24]
December
- December 12: David Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch graphic artist, illustrator and comics artist (De Geschiedenis van Gulzigen Tobias, Billie Ritchie en Zijn Ezel), passes away at age 73. [25]
Specific date unknown
- Arch Dale, Scottish-Canadian cartoonist and comics artist (The Doo-Dads), dies at age 79 or 80. [26]
- Hal Rasmusson, American illustrator and comics artist (Aggie Mack), dies at age 61 or 62. [27]
First issues by title
Help! (vol. 2) — Warren Publishing
- Release: February. Editor: Harvey Kurtzman
The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Release: May. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby
Pep (The Netherlands)
- Release: October 6. Note: Runs until 26 September 1975, after which it merges with Sjors to become Eppo[28]
Initial appearances by character name
Marvel Comics
- Ant-Man in Tales to Astonish #35 (Sept.)
- Aunt May in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug.)
- Balder in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct.)
- Betty Ross in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May)
- Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four #5 (July)
- Egghead (Marvel Comics) in Tales to Astonish #38 (Dec.)
- Henry "Hank" Pym in Tales to Astonish #27 (Jan.)
- Hulk in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May)
- Loki in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct.)
- Odin in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct.)
- Puppet Master in Fantastic Four #8 (Nov.)
- Rick Jones in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May)
- Sif in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct.)
- Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug.)
- the Skrulls in Fantastic Four #2 (Jan.)
- Thor in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug.)
- Thunderbolt Ross in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May)
- Uncle Ben in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug.)
- the Wizard in Strange Tales #102 (Nov.)
- Zarrko the Tomorrow Man in Journey into Mystery #86 (Nov.)
DC Comics
- Doctor Light (Arthur Light), in Justice League of America #12 (June)
- The Floronic Man, in Atom #01 (July)
- Felix Faust, in Justice League of America #10 (March)
- Abra Kadabra (comics), in The Flash #128 (May)
- Will Magnus, in Showcase #37 (March)
- Chronos (comics), in Atom #07 (November)
- Chemo (comics), in Showcase #39 (July)
- Ultra Boy, in Superboy #98 (July)
- Matter-Eater Lad, in Adventure Comics #303 (December)
- Metal Men, in Showcase #37 (March)
- Storm Boy, in Adventure Comics #301 (October)
- Chameleon Chief, in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #63 (September)
Other publishers
- Wonder Wart-Hog, in Bachannal (Spring)
References
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/y/yalaz_suat.htm
- ^ BDoubliées. "Record année 1962" (in French).
- ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Jean Tabary".
- ^ Steve Holland. "Look and Learn: A History of the Classic Children's Magazine" (PDF). Look and Learn. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
- ^ http://bdoubliees.com/journalspirou/annees/1962.htm
- ^ http://www.comics.org/series/281/
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/monk_jack.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/breccia.htm
- ^ http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/v/valiantcomic.htm
- ^ http://www.lfb.it/fff/fumetto/pers/d/diabolik.htm
- ^ http://suskeenwiske.ophetwww.net/albums/4kl/096.php
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/devos_j.htm
- ^ http://www.toonopedia.com/longsam.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/darling_ding.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/crighton_james.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/horrabin_jf.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cam-billy.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/calkins_d.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/striebel_jh.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/forsythe_v.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/willie_john.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carlson_george.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/becker-kasch.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bourgeois_a.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bueno_de_mesquita_david.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dale_arch.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rasmusson_hal.htm
- ^ Pep entry, Lambiek's Comiclopedia